In this pivotal chapter, Julian recounts a gruelling eight-hour interrogation that took place in Manhattan, January 2013. An experience that eerily echoed the fight or flight conditions of his resistance-to-interrogation training in the RAF, this meeting served as the trigger point for investigators. While federal agents and SDNY prosecutors accused him of lying, the world outside was locked in a high-stakes game of financial warfare. From the ‘Sovereign District’ of New York to the frantic halls of the UK Parliament, discover how Julian’s interview unfolded, the first domino to fall…

After a decade of denial, Standard Chartered’s recent £1.5 billion settlement in the UK marks a seismic shift in the battle for accountability - and a total vindication for whistleblower, Julian Knight. In this end-of-year update, we dissect the implications of this massive payout, which effectively signals an admission of guilt to avoid the public exposure of the ‘Billion Dollar Briefcase’. As we look ahead to 2026 and next year’s book release, we examine why this settlement isn’t the end of the story, but rather a catalyst for the looming US legal battles and the families seeking justice for terror financing…

Julian is abruptly dismissed from Standard Chartered, shortly after touring the globe with his compliance and profitability report - a bold and brilliant fix for the red flags he discovered. Pick up The Billion Dollar Briefcase as Julian and his family relocate to Germany. Surrounded by snow and the Black Forest, all the evidence he needs to bring Standard Chartered to justice emerges. In the shipping container that held all the remnants of their life in the Middle East, his old leather briefcase. Home to a CD documenting his entire inbox and the incriminating information hidden within it…

In the fourth insight into Julian’s journey, we go back to Iraq in July 2010, nearly a year after his promotion to Global Head of Transaction Banking FX at Standard Chartered. Despite the bank’s limited physical presence in Baghdad, Julian is there to foster key relationships and learn about an American-held bank that was looking to sell. The visit is fraught with danger, culminating in a devastating rocket attack on the U.S. Embassy in the Green Zone, where Julian narrowly escapes death and has to face up to the reality of loss and the mental toll that can take…

Lured back into finance by a project developing SCB’s Water Policy, Julian landed in Singapore with full access to the Bank’s digital network. Keys to the kingdom that led him to ‘Project Green’. What he thought was an environmental endeavour was, in reality, a shadowy operation linked to high-ranking officials, run out of Dubai, with accounts linked to Iran. What was Project Green? Why did asking this question prompt Julian’s dismissal? And how did his second wife’s actions lead to Julian uncovering what would collapse this house of cards? Find out in this teaser for Chapter 3…

The year is 2008. The setting: a glittering New York Gala Dinner. Pick up Julian’s true-to-life story during his Standard Chartered Bank ‘initiation’, where he walked into a world of “smoke and mirrors” served with a constant flow of Chocolate Martinis. Beneath a veneer of philanthropy, meet the manipulative characters, the faces of this world. Dive into the next installment of this exposé into high-stakes finance, where Julian, as a new hire, navigates a night of secrets and political turmoil. A night where partying never stopped, but Wall Street burned.

The first in a series of explosive teasers from the forthcoming book, The Billion Dollar Briefcase, this instalment will take you back in time to experience Julian's adrenaline-fuelled life as a pilot, and the shocking moment he uncovered evidence detailing the funding of terrorist groups and the supply of weapons to conflict zones. Prepare for a real-life story of profound ethical collision, where a former serviceman who left 'the fight' is pulled back into a battle for truth, exposing the devastating link between global finance and global terror.